Mrs Kircher made the comments a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon notified her the UK were not willing to go the negotiating table.

The 55th President of Argentina questioned Britain's commitment to upholding UN resolutions and said such resolutions need to be respected.

She said: "One can have discordant opinions about something that has not been resolved by the United Nations, but when this body that covers us all, that we are all signatories of, whose resolutions we have all committed to respect, issues a resolution through its General Assembly, this body's maximum organ, it is not a matter of discordant opinions.

"We are before a UN resolution. Are we ready to fulfill what we're obligated to do or not?"

Sir Mark Lyall Grant said the voice of the Falklanders could not be dismissed

Cristina Kirchner called on Britain and David Cameron to honor a UN resolution

Mrs Kirchner, who was the rotating chair UN Security Council, admitted her Falklands call was controversial to bring up at the meeting.

The point was raised during a UN Security Council discussion about its ties with regional bodies.

A referendum had been held in March where 99.8 per cent of Falkland islanders voted to stay British in a comprehensive message to Argentina.

However, the crushing vote in favour of the Falklanders staying British was dismissed as meaningless by Mrs Kircher who has repeatedly staked a claim on the region.

The Falklands Conflict claimed the lives of 649 Argentine and 244 British troops

Margaret Thatcher sent a task force to re-claim the Falklands after Argentina invaded in 1982

Sir Mark added: "The United Kingdom fully respects all its obligations and responsibilities as a member of the United Nations.

"The principle of self-determination on which our position on the Falkland Islands is based is enshrined in the UN Charter."

The Falklands was invaded and occupied in April 1982 by Argentina when they were ruled by a military junta under General Leopoldo Galtieri.

This prompted then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to send a task force of 100 ships to recapture the islands.

The Falklands Conflict, which lasted for over two months, saw 649 Argentine and 244 British troops die.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has repeatedly staked a claim on the Falkland Islands